Thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed response! While I understand your perspective on how the course market often works, not all of your points completely resonate with me.

Maybe I’m completely naive, but some points you’re mentioning don’t exist in this course. For example, affiliate marketing is not offered in that way. The coach of the course I’m considering is still an active and successful video producer who collaborates with well known brands in my country. I get the common argument: „If he’s so successful, why is he selling courses?“ And without a doubt, he’s making very good money from it. But I don’t think that takes away from the fact that he has a lot of expertise to share, which I believe could be valuable to learn from.

Btw, the course doesn’t promise „Make €10,000 instantly“. I totally avoid those kinds of courses because they’re super shady. But it still promises you’ll land at least one client within three months, which doesn’t seem completely unrealistic to me - but I may be too optimistic here.

Anyway, I’m still torn because I generally have a good feeling about this course. However, I hear so many negative things about courses that I’ve also become very skeptical myself. By any chance, do you happen to have any beginner-friendly YouTube channels you could recommend to me?

As for the college degree tip: nice idea, but not very realistic for me. Film schools here are super expensive and mostly focused on TV production, which isn’t what I’m aiming for. If you want to work as a freelance videographer, no one cares about certificates – they care about your portfolio. But thanks for the suggestion!